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One of country music’s most famous power couples. Keith Whitley and Lorrie Morgan were married back in 1986, the second marriage for both artists. Their love was forever immortalized with the posthumous release of “Tell Lorrie I Love Her,” a song that Keith wrote for their wedding and recorded as a worktape in his home. But their love story started years before that, backstage at the Grand Ole Opry. Lorrie and her son, Jesse Keith Whitley, recently joined hosts Bobby […]

The post Lorrie Morgan Recalls Keith Whitley First Asking Her Out While Backstage At The Grand Ole Opry first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

It’s almost time for the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club, which begs the question… will golf legend John Daly be teeing it up? When a player wins the PGA Championship, they are exempt to play in the tournament for life (much like The Masters). John Daly won the major tournament all the way back in 1991, and it was quite the unlikely story that helped propel him into the spotlight. If you aren’t familiar, Daly was the ninth […]

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Country music is a genre that is rooted in old-fashioned, traditional values, and one of those values is marriage. Continue reading…

Garth Brooks cleaned up at the ACM Awards back in 1991. There probably wasn’t an artist that had a more dominant run in the 90s than Garth Brooks. Everything he touched turned to gold, and at the 26th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, that was on full display. The country star took home not one, not two, not three (I’ll skip the next couple numbers to save us some time), but six separate awards in one night. All of […]

The post ACM Awards 1991: Garth Brooks Doesn’t Move A Muscle After Winning His First Entertainer Of The Year Award first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Charting for seven decades and counting. It’s no stretch to say that country music has had its fair share of royalty throughout its history. From early legends like Hank Williams Sr., Patsy Cline and Ernest Tubb, to Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and George Jones, to George Strait, Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks (and dozens of other names in between), there’s no shortage of beloved icons that have made a massive impact on the genre. As time passes and country music […]

The post Willie Nelson Joins Dolly Parton As The Only Country Artists To Chart A Song Every Decade Since 1960 first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

He might not have been able to say it very often, but it’s very clear that he loved all four of his children very deeply. Dale Earnhardt Jr. had Hank Parker, a well-known professional bass fisherman and close friend of his father Dale Earnhardt, on a new episode of his podcast The Dale Jr. Download a little while back, and it’s full of great stories about Dale Sr. that you’ve probably never heard before, seeing as Hank was his best friend, there was a […]

The post “He Teared Up”: Hank Parker Recalls Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s Vulnerable Confession About His Kids first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Kevin Morby Little Wide Open A couple of years ago, I came across a Victorian era phrase, “got the morbs.” The very Millenial-sounding descriptor was apparently a droll version of “down in the dumps” (usually, in a temporary sense). I think of this expression when I listen to Kevin Morby’s music, not simply for its […]

The post REVIEW: Kevin Morby “Little Wide Open” appeared first on Americana Highways.

Bobby Dove once again creates a vibrant and enriching listening experience that reminds you why you devote time to digging deeper than the surface to discover the best stuff.

The post Album Review – Bobby Dove’s “Fortune Teller” first appeared on Saving Country Music.

When Taj Mahal started making music more than 60 years ago, no one else sounded like him. From the get-go, Mahal incorporated Caribbean and African stylings into the blues, connecting it more deeply to its origins. Now, more than six decades, and some 60 records into his career, Mahal’